Reluctantly Accepting The Media Moment We're In
I hate this . I hate Skydance. I'm sick of talking about this deal, and now that's nearly finalized, it's no longer a deal. It's a reality. Been talking about the Five Stages of Grief for a while, and I've noticed people are still in various stages of it. Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. As for me? I'm in the Acceptance stage. Acceptance is not "surrender" or giving up. I'm a realist, and given ALL the avenues and obstacles that has been part of that journey, the reality is that the two companies are now one. I've accepted that reality. That doesn't mean I have to like it because as I've said many, many, many times, I hate it. I hate that this deal killed Warner Bros as a stand-alone media company. I hate that most of the people who made Warner Bros worthwhile are either gone or leaving when the dust settles. I hate that the movie theater chain owners, you know, all three of them, wanted this deal to happen so bad...